by Stacey Webb For a BSL version of this post, please click here I have been working in collaboration with Dr. Suzanne Ehrlich from the University of North Florida (UNF) on a linguistic and cultural exchange opportunity between some of our respective interpreting students. The project was designed to provide an expansive experience in our […]
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LINCS BSL team rock at Critical Link 8
by Stacey Webb Over the past year, Christine Wilson and the rest of the organising committee have been planning Critical Link 8 (CL8), which was hosted at Heriot-Watt University 29-June – 1 July, with pre-conference activities on 27-28 June. Therefore, the Monday after the SML graduation, Heriot-Watt staff and student volunteers were busy ensuring the success of […]
Why Interpreting Studies needs Silo Breakers
by Jonathan Downie Academics are as much followers of fashion as any lover of Dior or Calvin Klein. Sure, it might not be the latest fragrances or the newest haute couture but research tends to be concentrated around a few themes. In Interpreting Studies, the 70s and 80s were the age of cognitive research, mostly […]
Critical Link 8 keynote speakers and pre-conference events
This year’s Critical Link 8 Conference, which will be hosted in LINCS by CTISS, is going to be big. We are delighted to announce the Keynote Speakers: The Rt Hon Lord Carloway, Lord President and Lord Justice General, the most senior judge in Scotland and Head of the Scottish Judiciary Professor Laura Gavioli, Professor of English Language and Translation […]
As If We Weren't There
by Jonathan Downie Neutrality has often been touted as one of the cornerstones of interpreting ethics. The general view seemed to be that interpreters should be so good that the multilingual event would run as if everyone spoke the same language. In other words, it should be as if we weren’t even there. Now, I have […]
Critical Links – A new generation (Call for papers!)
CALL FOR PAPERS Critical Link 8 Critical LinkS – a new generation Future-proofing interpreting and translating 29 June – 1 July 2016 Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Pre-conference workshops and events will also take place before the conference (27-28 June) and the Edinburgh Interpreting Research Summer School (EIRSS) is scheduled to take place 4-8 July 2016. The Critical […]